A slender and inexpressive Thephakaysone appeared in an orange jumpsuit at a court hearing Thursday where arrangements for the trial inched closer to a court date.

“I’m looking forward to the evidence being heard and having a just decision rendered,” said Public Defender Managing Attorney Bob Dunlap, who is representing Thephakaysone.

Surveillance footage shows Thephakaysone and Valdez both rode an eastbound M-Ocean View Muni train the night of the incident. Thephakaysone allegedly shot Valdez in the back as he was exiting the train at the corner of Randolph and Bright streets in Ingleside at about 9:50 p.m.

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According to Assistant District Attorney Scot Clark, additional footage showed Thephakaysone brandishing the weapon on the Muni train just before the shooting.

Police arrested Thephakaysone at his Ocean View District home on Sept.24 after the San Francisco Police Department released footage of him riding the train.